The city of Danze (port) in 1811 was not the Great Gdansk (also known as Sanlian City), which had an area of ​​hundreds of square kilometers in the 21st century and a population of over one million. Today, the urban area is only more than ten square kilometers and a population of less than 50,000. As for the international vacation resort and cultural center of later generations, Sopot, and the newly built port city of Gdynia, they are still remote small fishing villages.

However, the ancient buildings in the city are well maintained, mostly in the classic style of the Gothic and Renaissance period, especially the "Saint-Yang" church, ancient city walls, etc. However, Desai is interested in the Baltic amber produced here, and more than 80% of the amber products in Europe are from Danze, so the mining and processing of amber has become the second largest pillar industry in the city besides port trade.

After entering the Governor General Danze's palace, Desai took the magpie's nest without hesitation. He set a row of rooms close to Prince Eugen as his base for his guards, and casually swept away a batch of amber fine products that the Danze army had plundered here. As for the lunch invitation sent by the Danze Parliament, Desai sent someone to refuse on the excuse of his tired journey.

In the next few days, the French marshal and Grand Duke of Warsaw were staying in the Governor's Office to "rest" in the Governor's Office.

The next night, when Governor Danze Prince Eugen returned to the legion’s residence, he invited Grand Duke Desai to have a secret conversation in his study.

Eugen, who was sitting on the sofa, rubbed his forehead with great force. He threw out a difficult problem and let the good brother in front of him solve it quickly. "Andrew, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris issued a note, hoping that you and I must end the conflict between Poland and Russia as soon as possible!"

The note was obviously Foreign Minister Shambany was targeting the Grand Duke of Warsaw who caused trouble. Desai understood that the Paris Ministry of Foreign Affairs' notes today were "hope", and perhaps it would be replaced with "request" tomorrow, and it would be the turn of "must" the day after tomorrow.

Based on Desai's understanding of Napoleon, he believed that the emperor was obviously unwilling to get involved in the military conflict with Russia too early. Although Europe and Russia were already convinced that the largest invasion in the history of modern European wars was about to break out.

In fact, Desai really had the intention to win over France to carry out the Russians in advance. It is true that the French Empire and his European allies were not ready for war, but the isolated Russians were the same, and the situation was even worse.

As long as the French army went to war with the Russians on the Neva River and the Baltic Sea, or if there was a serious military conflict, it would greatly encourage the Turkish army's confidence in combat and would not allow Istanbul to sign a peace treaty with Russia in advance.

Moreover, the Persian Kingdom was also watching closely, waiting for Russia to fight on both sides, and then in time.

In addition, Bernardot, who became the Crown Prince Regent, has not yet fully controlled the Swedish parliament and the Swedish army, especially the Swedish navy that hates Russia. With the strength of the four navies of Catalonia, France, Sweden and Poland, when the British navy was busy transferring to North America and suppressing American piracy, it was enough to eliminate the incomplete Russian Baltic fleet.

However, Napoleon stubbornly rejected the suggestion sent by Desai from Copenhagen. Perhaps in the eyes of the conceited emperor, his strategy was unmatched, and all preparations must be perfect.

"... The emperor was missing the opportunity for war. Didn't he know that conquest of Russia could not solve the problem in one or two major battles, and it required long-term consumption of strength. In addition, Russia has a vast territory and an unparalleled strategic depth that other countries have. In addition, the bad roads and harsh winters in the territory are enough to ruin all the hopes of the conquerors?"

Although Desai knew that no one could change Napoleon's determination, he still complained in front of Eugen.

Eugen also showed helplessness. A group of senior commanders, including the war minister Marshal Dawu, also made similar suggestions to the emperor: either not to fight or openly fight, and use the overall strength of Europe to slowly destroy the Russians' agility.

"It is useless to say more. Paris has given us 20 days to let your joint fleet release the seized Russian merchant ship first!"

"Impossible, unless I see the Russians withdrawing troops from the Neman River first!"

"Then the emperor and Paris?"

"Let them wait patiently. Haven't the countries in the Rhine Federation been chasing the unrest caused by conscription recently? I believe that the signal opportunities in that area have been destroyed by hostile elements." Desai smiled sinisterly.

"Andrew, you're playing with fire!" Prince Eugen advised.

"Don't worry, my friend, as long as my status in the Principality of Warsaw and Catalonia is unshakable, the emperor will not delve into too much, at least before conquering Russia."

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The conversation with Eugen ended with the silence of the two. Although Desai still showed a confident look, when Napoleon no longer supported him, he could no longer be stubborn and set about preparing for a reconciliation with the Russians.

However, the prerequisite is that St. Petersburg sends people to Warsaw for negotiations. Otherwise, Desai would rather accept the punishment from Paris, and would grit his teeth and persevere to the end. This move was his expression to the people of Poland to the tenacious will of fighting against the enemy of the country. He would never give up halfway without any results and become a joke for the nobles of Warsaw Parliament after dinner.

Fortunately, a week later, the secret intelligence station of the Military Intelligence Bureau in St. Petersburg sent a secret telegram, saying that Tsar Alexander and the Russian side decided to compromise first and would send the Chief Secretary-General of State (also known as the Minister of State) Mikhail Spelansky to serve as a secret envoy to visit the Grand Duchy of Warsaw.

"State Minister, the Tsar's confidant?" Desai felt a little puzzled. According to political practice, such secret envoys usually belong to the role of diplomatic cannon fodder, so how could a cabinet minister send to negotiate?

Soon, the second secret document sent by Demare answered the doubts of the Grand Duke of Warsaw.

It turned out that the Russian Minister of State Mikhail Spelansky, due to long-term encouragement of the Tsar to carry out Russia's social and political reform, encountered joint boycotts from conservatives and became an unlucky person abandoned by Tsar Alexander and the cabinet government.

Desai smiled and picked up the rectification plan written by Spilansky to Alexander, but read it all day and night, and could not let go.

In this draft national political reform, Spelansky elaborated on grand legislative, economic and taxation plans, aiming to promote understanding between the Russian monarchs and ordinary people and weaken the power of the conservatives.

Spelansky advocated the separation of legislative power from executive power (Poland and Russia's aristocratic parliament controls the state administration), rebuilding the House of Lords, named the Imperial Council, consisting of noble members selected by the monarch, and enjoying the right to consult in legislation. In fact, it was secretly depriving the great nobles and the serf-owners of the state and turning the House of Lords into a nursing home without real power.

The lower house of the State is the legislative power, and the imperial Duma is composed of representatives of the aristocrats and middle classes elected through the third level. The Duma is a permanent institution that reflects the will of the people, but it is directly responsible to the monarch himself, which is actually an imposition of the monarchy.

As for the current Senate, it was converted into a high court, and advocated the establishment of a special committee appointed by the monarch to supervise the parliament.

At the same time, in order to further weaken the power of the great nobles, it is stipulated that the noble titles of the noble who serves as the country are granted the honorary title of the Guardian, and the official title is not awarded at the same time. The promotion of the national civil service system must pass the assessment of education level and eliminate those who fail.

In terms of finance and taxation, Spelansky suggested that local tax institutions be concentrated into unified departments and placed under the direct control of the monarch to increase national taxation and provide credible funds for national securities; establish a new tariff system; ban the unreasonable provisions that allow great nobles and landlords to cast local copper coins, etc.

The most important part of this grand plan designed Russia's most difficult human-rights issue - the transformation of serfs. In order to avoid radical reforms offending the aristocratic rulings, Spilansky divided Russian citizens into three different levels: aristocrats, middle class and laborers. He stipulated that only aristocrats enjoy all civil rights, but the law enforcement power of landlords was abolished; serfs should be renamed farmers, and gain the most basic national citizenship rights - freedom of reproduction and security of life; while the middle class and the free people mind the two.

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After carefully reading the second time, Desai couldn't help but praise the intelligence of this "son of the priest in the Russian countryside". This huge and comprehensive political reform plan is not only needed by the Russians, but also tailor-made for today's Poland.

The "May 3 Constitution" formulated before the demise of Poland and the later Constitution of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw were not operational. The provisions either promoted Jacobin-style democracy too much, strengthened parliamentary power and ignored the monarch's autocracy; or the castles in the air that changed the soup and did not change the medicine at all, which failed to touch the control of taxes and serfs by the great nobles and landlords.

Spelansky advocated consolidation of the power in the hands of the monarch, expanding the political rights and interests of the middle class, and using the Legislative Council to secretly restrict the great nobles and the landlords, avoiding excessively violent changes that lead to national division and social unrest.

What Desai didn't know was that although this political reform report by Spelansky was not accepted by the weak Tsar Alexander, it became the blueprint for the later Tsar. Alexander II Nikolaevich's design to transform Russian society, successfully abolished the serf system for more than 400 years in a huge empire, and laid the foundation for Russia's revival in the second half of the 19th century.

This achievement made Alexander II the emperor as famous as Peter the Great and Caterina II in Russian history. Unfortunately, Alexander II's reform measures greatly promoted the rapid development of Russian society and also had negative effects.

Due to the liberalization in Russian political and social life, some underground revolutionary organizations have emerged, actively carrying out terrorist activities and trying to use radical means of assassinating the tsars and politicians to forcibly change the unbearable status quo of Russian society.

Alexander II, who had been assassinated many times, took an overly tolerant attitude towards the perpetrators, and the heaviest punishment was only exile. This led to the "People's Will Party members" becoming more and more rampant, and eventually ruining the Tsar's life in 1881.

"Well, should I leave this brave reformer abandoned by Russia in Warsaw and use his talents to serve me and the revived Poland?" Soon, Desai began to think about it in his mind.

According to Demare's analysis of the Russian Minister of State, after performing his diplomatic duties to Warsaw, the best outcome was that he was found by the Tsar to exil to Siberia, a place with an excuse to be exiled to the extremely cold place, Siberia, where he spent the rest of his life. Otherwise, Spilansky would bear the jealousy and anger of the Russian nobles and ordinary people, and he would be in danger.
Chapter completed!